Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although overseas sales are steadily growing , many countries , such as the US , Germany , Italy , and the UK , are producing their own robots , and using them innovatively in a variety of non-manufacturing applications . |
| 2 | To say nothing of mashing the boring bits down to a slurry of images , hosing them away with a touch of your finger . |
| 3 | He had no desire to defeat boredom by provoking political excitement and keeping himself constantly at a stretch . |
| 4 | The water level drops and then , woosh , up it all comes , first rising like a column — at this stage it looks like a vaguely blue shaggy ink cap toadstool — then blasting itself apart in a flourish of steam . |
| 5 | Impact printers are the largest group and consist of three main sub categories ; dot matrix , daisy wheel and ink jet and , apart from the latter which actually fires its ink these operate by pressing something hard through a ribbon in order to leave an impression on the sheet of paper . |
| 6 | I cleared the gun and fired at the Corporal , the burst hitting him in the chest and knocking him backwards into a line of sheets which he brought winding down around him . |
| 7 | Now you know this , do n't start applying it rigorously as a rule which will inhibit your sailing , merely let the body work it out for itself by noticing the levelness of the horizon . |
| 8 | Some plasmids are capable of splicing themselves seamlessly into a chromosome . |
| 9 | Jesus pushed himself off and floated rapidly around the Lift , bringing himself expertly to a stop less than a metre from the slight form of Christine LaFayette . |
| 10 | The British Rail chairman , Sir Bob Reid , said last night : ‘ We have contacted Mr Knapp for urgent discussions and BR management are meeting him tomorrow with a view to finding a way through this so that we can avoid disruption to passengers . |
| 11 | Pop it into your preheated oven , gas mark 8 , 230°C/450°F , for twelve minutes per pound , basting it occasionally with a mixture of Madeira and red wine mixed in the proportions of two to one . |
| 12 | He 's just using you instead of a prostitute . |
| 13 | THE BBC was bracing itself yesterday for a Government onslaught over its election coverage , which many ministers believe was biased against the Conservatives . |
| 14 | I make a crack to some little thin guy in a blazer who is following us up , but we says nothing and stares in front of him like he 's forcing himself forward in a hill-climb . |
| 15 | Always you felt the warmth and humanity pulling you downstairs like a magnet . |
| 16 | Pulling herself together with an effort , she gave him what she hoped was a cool look . |
| 17 | ‘ My God , what 's happened to your arms ? ’ he rasped , turning her expertly with a spin of her slim shoulders and lifting her right hand to expose the pale , tender skin of her forearm . |
| 18 | Jim tried coaxing him away with a glass of brandy , which Albert thought a low device . |
| 19 | Although he would have denied it , the landscape had gripped him : as an image and now as an emphatic fact of the real world , presenting him finally with a place to rest in . |
| 20 | When the race starts on Sunday eighty sailors will be going it alone in an assortment of vessels . |
| 21 | Describing it variously as a lark and a spree , The Times was satisfied that although ‘ genteel ruffianism has met with a very decisive rebuff ’ , the Cremorne affair was nothing more than something done ‘ on the impulse of the moment , and out of pure love of mischief ’ . |
| 22 | We are committed to improving it further as a result of increased traffic , which is largely a consequence of the success of the east coast ports . |
| 23 | The first is that by positioning himself conspicuously behind a veil , the Resident could leave the population in a state of desirable uncertainty about the degree of influence he actually exercised over their emir : his advice was not seen to be taken , but neither was it seen to be rejected . |
| 24 | According to Elm 's sales director , Jim Cooper , the company is positioning itself ahead of a tightening of US food storage laws which is due to take place in the next 18 months . |
| 25 | Which came mercifully swiftly , in the shape of another devastatingly accurate straight left , and then a perfect right uppercut which hardly seemed to travel more than a foot , but which was delivered with such a force that it lifted Mike up on to his toes , before toppling him backwards in a heap at his elder brothers ' feet . |
| 26 | Images of sin , of unwashed bodies locked together in obscene attitudes , apocalyptic denunciations of lust , visions of Else scrubbing herself fiercely in a tin bath , disconnected Bible phrases from his chapel-going youth , coursed through his distracted mind . |
| 27 | She does n't even like the term actress ( or actor ) , seeing herself more as a performer . |
| 28 | The chute is a perfect dish hovering a metre or so above the snow and hauling me downwind at a speed that would be unthinkable on Nordic skis . |
| 29 | Bananas is so cheap , Mrs Parvis says , they 're giving them away with a pound of tea . ’ |
| 30 | In 1867 he became minister to the Borough New synagogue , south London , a post which he combined with a variety of Jewish and non-Jewish charitable and philanthropic endeavours , whilst busying himself also as a prison visitor . |